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yes! this is simply a great album. it has been one of the most heavaly played cds in my house this year. beautiful, abrasive and quite thieveish. i recomend that everyone at least gives this disc a try.
Suffering and the Hideous...
Suffering and the Hideous Thieves
Ashamed
Suffering and The Hideous Thieves is a collective based around the musings of one Jeff Suffering (90 LB Wuss, Raft of Dead Monkeys). Rats in Heaven, The Thieves’ previous effort, was a consistent mixture of brooding violence (ala Nick Cave), muddy bar ballads and passionate hymns.
As a follow up to Rats, Ashamed fails to compare as a collective picture; instead its strength lies in individual songs. Ashamed burst out of the gate sounding like the logical extension of the Suffering sound but by the time, “I Will Always Find A Way” rolls around, it’s clear the pallet has been expanded. For a few tracks, The Thieves Collective sounds more like a symphony than a rock n’ roll band. “Babylon” and “Believe” swagger in a few songs later, sounding like vintage Shorthanded Operation era 90 LB Wuss. Surprisingly, the final tracks “I Am Tomorrow” and “1975” bring things to a smooth and easy end. The final tracks are the closest The Thieves have ever sounded to resolved and normal. Ashamed comes out sounding more like a Cliff Notes version of hard times past and great things to come than a complete record. [Lujo] Nate Allen
This album review was originally published in the Jan/Feb Issue (#117) of HM Magazine. Order the Print Version to read tons more reviews.
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